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brew install btcli

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Package summary

Bittensor command-line tool

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btcli

history

Project history and usage

btcli is the command-line client for the Bittensor network. It packages wallet, subnet, staking, delegation, governance, and node-management workflows into a terminal tool distributed through PyPI, Homebrew, and source installs.

Project history

The standalone opentensor/btcli repository began with public commits in July 2024 and an MIT-licensed README for the Bittensor CLI. Its first listed tag in the local git history is v8.0.0 in September 2024.

The README frames btcli as a tool for common Bittensor operations: creating wallets, registering subnets or neurons, delegating TAO, viewing Senate proposals, and voting.

Adoption history

btcli adoption follows Bittensor ecosystem adoption rather than classic Unix utility adoption. The official README documents installation from PyPI, Homebrew, and source, plus use with the broader bittensor SDK through the bittensor[cli] extra.

The Homebrew formula gives macOS users a package-manager path alongside Python packaging, which matters because the README recommends Homebrew-installed Python/OpenSSL on macOS.

How it is used

Users run btcli to manage Bittensor wallets, chain configuration, subnet and neuron registration, staking and delegation, and governance voting. The tool reads common defaults from ~/.bittensor/config.yml, stores wallet material under ~/.bittensor/wallets, and supports command-level help with --help.

Why package nerds care

btcli is interesting as a blockchain-network CLI crossing Python packaging and Homebrew. It is young compared with the other tools in this batch, but it shows how Web3 and AI-network projects ship operational CLIs into general-purpose package managers for developer onboarding.

Timeline

2024: Public git history for opentensor/btcli starts with README and Typer-related commits.
2024: v8.0.0 appears as an early standalone btcli tag.
2026: The repository history shows v9.23.1, indicating active release cadence.

Related projects

The README links btcli to the Bittensor SDK repository, the btwallet repository, and the Bittensor whitepaper.
The bittensor[cli] Python extra is documented as a way to install btcli alongside the SDK.

Sources

Local git history from https://github.com/opentensor/btcli shows first commits in 2024, tag v8.0.0 in 2024, and tag v9.23.1 in 2026.
Official README describes btcli as the Bittensor CLI and lists wallet, subnet, staking, delegation, Senate proposal, and voting operations: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opentensor/btcli/main/README.md
Official README documents PyPI, Homebrew, source, and SDK-extra installation paths: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opentensor/btcli/main/README.md
Package-manager adoption from source_facts.package-manager.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for btcli. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 5 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.bittensor/config.yml~/.bittensor/btcli.yaml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.bittensor/wallets

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`btcli`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version9.23.1

manager updated2026-07-05

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://docs.learnbittensor.org/btcli

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://docs.learnbittensor.org/btclinone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:btcli
Version	9.23.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/btcli
Homepage	https://docs.learnbittensor.org/btcli
Repository	https://github.com/opentensor/btcli
Upstream docs	https://docs.bittensor.com/btcli
License	MIT
Source archive	https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/25/03/067a11e27faceef0f236a76e554fbeeee21d5d8fdc92523649c6684203d5/bittensor_cli-9.23.1.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-07-05T00:14:30+09:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	certifi, libyaml, numpy, openssl@3, python@3.14
Build dependencies	rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	btcli
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Conflicts With	btpd
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

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Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/btcli.yml

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